Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to catch (a wild animal or fish); to capture; to hunt

    彼女はスピーチコンテストで1等賞を獲った。
    She won first prize in the speech contest.
  2. to win (a title, prize, etc.); to conquer

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

seize, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to

Kun
え.る
On
カク
Strokes
16
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
964 of 2500
Radical
dog
WaniKani
Level 40

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-13SKIP code
3g13.1The Kanji Dictionary
4424.7Four corner code
2967deroo
7372Unicode hex code
1-19-45JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2912Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3609New Nelson (John Haig)
779New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
959Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
537Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
699Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
701Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
757Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1234A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1364Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
20758XMorohashi
1079A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1313Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1392Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1532Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1839Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1408Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1310Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
708Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
huo4Pinyin reading
hoegKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
40WaniKani level